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GEO BR Board Meeting

November Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Location: 

2121 N. Sherwood Forest Dr.

Baton Rouge, LA 70815

 

THE GEO ACADEMIES MISSION is to EMPOWER students to ACCELERATE their academic
pathways to ADVANCE their social mobility and ACHIEVE their career and life-long goals.

 

Meeting Link

Directors Present

B. Lilly, D. Dixon, D. Slan, D. Williams, J. Lewis, J. Miller, L. Triggs, N. Frank

Directors Absent

None

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

L. Triggs

Guests Present

B. Hunt, C. Ebey, D. Henry, D. Teasley (remote), Jamal Abdulrasheed (remote), K. Forbes, K. Pitts (remote), S. Norman

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

B. Lilly called a meeting of the board of directors of GEO Academies EBR to order on Tuesday Nov 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. Slan made a motion to approve the minutes from GEO BR Board Meeting on 10-14-25.
D. Williams seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Superintendent Report

A.

Update from Superintendent

Presentation from Dana T. providing updates on administration of interim assessments.

L. Triggs arrived at 5:05 PM.

III. Finance

A.

Finance update

Quarterly financials for the schools presented by Kelly Forbes providing budget to actuals for the school year.  Questions from the board regarding increased revenue for GBR and state stipends.

B.

Approve updated budgets

J. Lewis made a motion to approve the updated budgets for each school as presented for the 2025-2026 school year.
D. Williams seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IV. Other Business

A.

Review and Approve GEO BR's Student handbooks

D. Williams made a motion to approve the student handbooks for all schools as presented with the noted changes of board members and board officers.
D. Dixon seconded the motion.

Presentation by J. Abdulrasheed noting the updates made to the school handbooks.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Elect Board Secretary

N. Frank made a motion to to approve Rev. Williams as board secretary.
J. Lewis seconded the motion.

B. Lilly notes that the board does not have a secretary and asks for volunteers

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Board President updates

B. Lilly updates the board on required ethics training and LAPCS conference.

D.

Consideration and approval of the proposed amendments to GEO Academies Baton Rouge, Inc.’s Bylaws

D. Williams made a motion to approve the revised bylaws as presented.
J. Lewis seconded the motion.

Discussion led by Dana Henry reviewing the proposed changes noted in the bylaws

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Dixon
Aye
D. Williams
Aye
J. Miller
Aye
J. Lewis
Aye
N. Frank
Aye
D. Slan
Aye
L. Triggs
Aye
B. Lilly
Aye

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:59 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Ebey